Season of Betrayal

Season of Betrayal

1966 · 77 min · ★ 8.0

A press photographer returns to Japan from the war in Vietnam after losing his friend and fellow photographer on the battlefield.

Directed by Atsushi Yamatoya · Written by Yōzō Tanaka

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